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In that spirit, I congratulate Elish on her nomination and wish her every success in the future. I begin by wishing Colin Boyd, the retiring Lord Advocate, well for the future, and by acknowledging his work as Lord Advocate.
Finally, we must consider whether the processes for the future, such as the use of the non-numeric standard, will be in step with other countries and whether they take the right approach.
I pause, however, to say that this is not a bill for this year, but for the future. If there were abuses in the past, we need to think what might happen in the future.
The move to compulsion may be as arbitrary and as discriminatory as any future Home Secretary sees fit.There are substantial political challenges to the proposal and there are technical and financial considerations.
We have serious concerns that the extension of the right to buy will cut off options in the future for many of the young women whom we accommodate or those who we are unable to accommodate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 February 2007
(S2W-31652)Allan Wilson One of the key principle fordeveloping future programmes has been a desire to reduce the administrative costsfor all project sponsors.